Journal profile · Forestry
Tree Physiology
ISSN 0829-318X · eISSN 1758-4469 · Oxford University Press · CANADA · Monthly · Founded 1986
Tree Physiology: CAS Zone 2 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 3.92; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,253; median 163 days to acceptance (110 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly hard; 169 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Tree Physiology is published by Oxford University Press and is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Tree-ring climate responses and Forest ecology and management, together about 44% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Tree Physiology promotes research in a framework of hierarchically organized systems, measuring insight by the ability to link adjacent layers: thus, investigated tree physiology phenomenon should seek mechanistic explanation in finer-scale phenomena as well as seek significance in larger scale phenomena (Passioura 1979). A phenomenon not linked downscale is merely descriptive; an observation not linked upscale, might be trivial. Physiologists often refer qualitatively to processes at finer or coarser scale than the scale of their observation, and studies formally directed at three, or even two adjacent scales are rare. To emphasize the importance of relating mechanisms to coarser scale function, Tree Physiology will highlight papers doing so particularly well as feature papers.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Forestry
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsEnvironmental Science25%
- Tree-ring climate responsesEarth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
- Forest ecology and managementEnvironmental Science8.7%
- Plant responses to elevated CO2Agricultural and Biological Sciences7.9%
- Plant Stress Responses and ToleranceAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.8%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesEnvironmental Science4.5%
- Plant responses to water stressAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.3%
- Horticultural and Viticultural ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Forestry | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Forestry | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Forestry | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 3.92LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.07LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.04LetPub ·
- h-index
- 117LetPub ·
- h-index
- 194OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4,353OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.46OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 23.41%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 146LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,367 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 144 | 51 | 49 |
| 2025 | 169 | 53 | 478 |
| 2024 | 171 | 71 | 1,150 |
| 2023 | 162 | 53 | 1,953 |
| 2022 | 150 | 45 | 2,265 |
| 2021 | 177 | 64 | 3,819 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
163 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 120 days – 206 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 6 days (36 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 144 days
- Sample
- 110 articles with submission and acceptance dates (383 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly hardLetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,253 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Country or region
- CANADA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1986
- ISSN
- 0829-318X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1758-4469
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Tree Physiology
What CAS zone is Tree Physiology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Tree Physiology is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Forestry; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Tree Physiology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.92; CiteScore 7.5, h-index 194.
How long does peer review take at Tree Physiology?
Based on the dates recorded on 110 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 163 days (interquartile range 120–206 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly hard”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Tree Physiology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Tree Physiology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Tree Physiology open access, and what is the APC?
Tree Physiology is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,253.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .